Museo de Arte Precolombino

Art museum · Cusco

Museo de Arte Precolombino

Art museum · Cusco

Nazarenas 231, Cusco 08002, Peru

Highlights

Explore ancient Peruvian artifacts in a beautifully lit 15th-century space, complete with a cozy café and captivating night views.

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"A sister institution to the Larco Museum in Lima, MAP is one of the best museums in Cuzco . The museum usesobjects of Peru’s many pre-Columbian civilizations toexplain their differing cultures. Exhibits—representing cultures from as early as 1250 B.C.E.up until 1532 C.E., when Spanish conquistadors arrived—includeartifacts produced in ceramic, wood, stone, silver, and gold. Some pieces are utilitarian, others purely ceremonial or decorative, but all help you picture what life might have been like in the time of the artisans who created them."

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Trent Sullivan

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Wonderful museum. The artifact galleries are well planned and exemplary in presentations with descriptions in English, French and Espanõl. $40.00 Soles per person (about $12.00 US, it is well worth the price and time.

Jarieth Natalia Merced

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Very well organized and maintained. We did not have to wait to buy tickets and stayed until 9:30pm. The night view from the inner patio is great. Nice one to check out when it’s raining or as a late night plan. Very affordable and worth every sol. They accept cards too!

Helen Polishuk

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The museum is open until 22:00, there are not many people, so you do not need to buy in advance. It is located high up from the central square, so you need to take this into account. The museum exhibits tell about the history and artifacts of pre-Inca civilization. Time for the museum is 1 hour.

Jamil Nayani

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Well-organised and informative space. If you're interested in ceramics and/or history, check this place out. Price was 20 soles for foreigners as of January 2025.

P T

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This museum is well organized with professional presentations. English accompanies nearly every exhibit. I give 4 stars because there was often a lack of context or detail about the objects. For example, the Inka Museum will show historic sketches of jewelry belong worn so you can understand more about how it fit into life. Not a big museum but it’s a nice one if you have an extra hour.

vasily kassab

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Beautiful space, well designed navigation, selected pieces each with a story ! Not too big to forget what you have just seen and experienced !

Bowen Peng

Google

A small but great museum that has great exhibits that offer a great region by region overview of Peruvian history accompanied by artifacts found in those regions. Plus it also very affordable especially for tourists costing only 10 soles! I must say I did deepen my understanding of Peruvian history after walking through this museum!

Lia Martinez

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Museum was just perfect. Not too big or small. Great display of art from various Peruvian cultures. And we loved that it was open late. It felt like we had the whole place to ourselves at 8 pm. The courtyard and building are also romantically lit after the sun sets and the cafe was great for dinner!

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Trent Sullivan

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Jarieth Natalia Merced

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Helen Polishuk

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Jamil Nayani

Google

Well-organised and informative space. If you're interested in ceramics and/or history, check this place out. Price was 20 soles for foreigners as of January 2025.

P T

Google

vasily kassab

Google

Beautiful space, well designed navigation, selected pieces each with a story ! Not too big to forget what you have just seen and experienced !

Bowen Peng

Google

Lia Martinez

Google